A good teacher can bring more positive changes in the behavior of students, the teacher’s knowledge and skills are important to achieve the required targets of the institution. The researcher aimed to explore the effectiveness and benefits of British Council’s trainings programs, a professionally skillful teacher may impart knowledge and skills to the students. The main objective of the study is to know the impacts of British Council’s Core Skills Activities on the student-teachers’ performance and whole school environment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was a descriptive and survey type research. The population of the study was 480 governments male-female primary, middle and high schools and 960 teachers trained by British Council for connecting classrooms Core Skills Activities. The sampling of the study was 200 teachers of 100 randomly selected schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The six core skills are Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Communication & Collaboration, Creativity & Imagination, Citizenship, Digital Literacy, and Student Leadership & Personal Development. The selected data was properly analyzed, tabulated, explained and interpreted through some statistical tools and a chi square test was used. The major findings showed that British Council is an international organization which works positively for the professional development of teachers and uplift of students. The findings depicted that majority the teachers greed with the statement that British Council Connecting Classrooms activities i.e. Core Skills also called Twenty First Century Skills improved the overall performance of students-teachers and whole school environment. The traditional teaching methodology of teaching was changed to activity and conceptual based teaching. The most important fact was found that critical thinking and problem solving skills was the need of the day, it really develops the thinking approach of the students and teachers. Communication, computer and leadership skills of students were also developed by adapting core skills activities in and outside the class. On the basis of findings some recommendations were made that the Core Skills activities may be embedded by the teachers in school curriculum. Such training session may be provided to all teachers and head teachers by the Elementary & Secondary Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under the supervision of British Council experienced and skillful team.
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DOI | 10.11648/j.sjedu.20241204.16 |
Page(s) | 84-90 |
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British Council, Connecting Classrooms, Core Skills, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Creativity
S. No. | Statements | Strongly agreed | Agreed | Nuetral | Disagreed | Storngly disagreed | Total | Χ2 | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The British Council works positively for the betterment of education in Pakistan. | 63 | 92 | 21 | 19 | 05 | 200 | 35.50 | <0.05 |
2 | The teachers and leaders participants learn good skills and knowledge from connecting classrooms activities. | 73 | 91 | 23 | 12 | 01 | 200 | 38.10 | <0.05 |
3 | The content and all instructional materials for sessions were up to date and effective. | 55 | 102 | 25 | 14 | 04 | 200 | 40.22 | <0.05 |
4 | The master trainers were experienced and skillful, they delivered the topics well and cleared your all concepts. | 35 | 109 | 28 | 21 | 07 | 200 | 43.10 | <0.05 |
5 | Imbedding of the of British Council six core skills in the curriculum is need of the day. | 63 | 87 | 29 | 13 | 08 | 200 | 31.75 | <0.05 |
6 | First core skill Critical Thinking and problem solving (CTPS), improves the critical thinking and problem solving abilities of students. | 52 | 118 | 12 | 15 | 03 | 200 | 36.25 | <0.05 |
7 | Second core skill Communication and Collaboration, improves the communication skills and team work spirit of students. | 54 | 116 | 12 | 16 | 02 | 200 | 42.10 | <0.05 |
8 | Third core skill Creativity and Imagination, creates an ability among the students to work for something new. | 53 | 107 | 17 | 19 | 04 | 200 | 39.75 | <0.05 |
9 | Fourth core skill Citizenship, enables an individual to help others. He / She knows the important of rights and responsibilities. | 40 | 111 | 22 | 20 | 07 | 200 | 47.55 | <0.05 |
10 | Citizenship brought equality, peace and love in the society. The students-teachers will think for the sustainability of people and resources. | 49 | 113 | 24 | 12 | 02 | 200 | 41.25 | <0.05 |
11 | Fifth Core Skills Digital Literacy, makes an individual as global citizen. | 45 | 121 | 18 | 11 | 05 | 200 | 51.25 | <0.05 |
12 | Digital literacy played an outstanding role in COVID-19 situation all over the world. | 65 | 132 | 01 | 01 | 01 | 200 | 49.50 | <0.05 |
13 | Those persons who have good ICT skills are remain most effective and useful. | 56 | 127 | 09 | 06 | 02 | 200 | 36.10 | <0.05 |
14 | Sixth core skills Students leadership and personal development brings leadership qualities in students. | 67 | 104 | 18 | 10 | 01 | 200 | 29.55 | <0.05 |
15 | British Council Connecting Classrooms Activities have good positive impacts on the students’ academic performance. | 39 | 138 | 15 | 08 | 00 | 200 | 51.25 | <0.05 |
16 | British Council Connecting Classrooms Activities have good positive impacts on the teachers’ performance. | 51 | 129 | 12 | 05 | 03 | 200 | 47.22 | <0.05 |
17 | British Council Connecting Classrooms Activities have good positive impacts on the whole school environment. | 44 | 119 | 15 | 19 | 03 | 200 | 28.58 | <0.05 |
18 | Connecting classrooms activities improved the English language skills of teachers. | 55 | 131 | 10 | 03 | 01 | 200 | 35.55 | <0.05 |
19 | Connecting classrooms activities develop the ICT skills of teachers. | 53 | 96 | 28 | 15 | 08 | 200 | 25.22 | <0.05 |
20 | The teachers are shifted from traditional teaching to activity based teaching. | 43 | 118 | 23 | 11 | 05 | 200 | 40.10 | <0.05 |
21 | The teachers and students are getting positive attitudes towards their education due to this activities. | 45 | 132 | 17 | 03 | 02 | 200 | 45.10 | <0.05 |
22 | Actually connecting classrooms activities is producing skillful students for the society. | 58 | 119 | 15 | 05 | 03 | 200 | 38.50 | <0.05 |
23 | The connecting classrooms activities were interesting and better. | 47 | 126 | 18 | 08 | 01 | 200 | 43.50 | <0.05 |
24 | The British Council has a good systematic approach towards teachers professional development. | 50 | 137 | 10 | 02 | 01 | 200 | 41.75 | <0.05 |
25 | Directorate of Curriculum and teacher education (DCTE) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan also played a vital role in collaboration with the BC for Connecting Classrooms program. | 70 | 120 | 09 | 01 | 00 | 200 | 53.50 | <0.05 |
BC | British Council |
KP | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
CTPS | Critical Thinking & Problem Solving |
COVID | Corona Virus Disease 2019 |
DCTE | Directorate of Curriculum & Teacher Education |
ICT | Information Technology Communication |
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Ullah, I. (2024). Impacts of British Council’s Core Skills Activities on Students-Teachers’ Performance and Whole School Environment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Science Journal of Education, 12(4), 84-90. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjedu.20241204.16
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Ullah, I. Impacts of British Council’s Core Skills Activities on Students-Teachers’ Performance and Whole School Environment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Sci. J. Educ. 2024, 12(4), 84-90. doi: 10.11648/j.sjedu.20241204.16
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